Can the emperor walk on the dragons carved on the steps of ancient palaces?
This road of carving dragons is called Imperial Road, also called Fu Bi. It was originally the architectural form of China Palace. It is a ramp between the pedestal and terrace and the steps on both sides on the central axis of the palace. In feudal times, only the emperor could use it, but most emperors rode jade instead of walking in and out of the palace, and the bearers walked on the steps, so he carved the imperial road into auspicious clouds and dragons to show that the emperor was the only thrill.
In the imperial palace, the theme of the emperor's court, office and residence is mostly dragon. On the short imperial road, most of them adopt the pattern of Ssangyong. Only the Gan Qing Palace and the Imperial Palace Center are carved with a group of dragons. There are also royal roads carved with dragon and phoenix patterns or double phoenix patterns in the six palaces of East and West.
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1, besides the emperor, there are four people who can take the imperial road.
1) Jin-Niangniang
At the emperor's wedding, the queen's sedan chair, surrounded by a guard of honor, entered the palace along the Imperial Road through the meridian gate. This imperial road is like the red carpet for welcoming the bride now.
2) First place, second place, flower exploration
At the end of spring and the beginning of summer, the last pass of the imperial examination "Entrance Examination" ended in the Forbidden City. After being received by the emperor, the top three candidates in this exam, namely champion, runner-up and Tan Hua, left the palace by the royal route.
2. The number of YuDao carved dragons.
Legend has it that it is located according to the building, and the number of carved dragons on the Imperial Road has changed. For example, there are nine carved dragons on the first floor of the three imperial roads, five carved dragons on the second imperial road, and only three carved dragons on the third imperial road; Six dragons were carved on the Imperial Road behind the Palace of Kunning. This should conform to the theory that "odd numbers are yang and even numbers are yin".
References:
Baidu encyclopedia-the road to empire